Panzer Grenadier Battles on March 28th:
Spearhead Division #15 - Dillenberg
Raining More Than Water Today
Author thomaso827
Method Solo
Victor Britain
Play Date 2014-07-24
Language English
Scenario BeNo006

My first shot with the Beyond Normandy game, I chose this short but sweet scenario. German mixed SS and regular force is supposed to try to take 3 town hexes in 9 turns. They face 2 British battalions plus armor support and lots of artillery. I set up the two neighboring British battalions and spread out the armor among them so that Whermacht troops to the south of the German start area with their tanks leading the way. Both sides roll for variable arty support, and the German rolls each turn for visibility for the turn due to rain. This game lasted 5 turns of the 9, with visibility ranging from 5 to 8 hexes. In those 5 turns, the Germans managed to only get 1 16 factor support once, while the British got at least 4 batteries of 13s and 18s, with 2 turns getting 24s as well. The British also get air support at their choice of 2 turns. I chose to get those planes out on the first two turns, with a Mitchel on turn 1 and a Typhoon on 2. They did little real damage but held up two stacks of infantry for a turn or 2 due to disruptions. The British arty did the same for the German troops, but didn't keep the German armor from moving forward. Both sides took step losses starting on turn 2,but the Germans took the worst end of things, losing all their armor by the end of turn 4, while the British lost both Achilles platoons and one step of Shermans. At the end of turn 5, with no German armor remaining and German infantry having lost about a third of their number, and no losses to British infantry yet, I chose for the German force to start a withdrawal and call the game a resounding British victory. With armor counting double for British victory conditions, the Germans had lost a total of 25 steps to the British loss of 8, and the Germans still had not gotten close enough to threaten one of the town hexes needed. Great game.

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